Matthew 3:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee and escape from the wrath and indignation [of God against disobedience] that is coming?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Common English Bible

⁷ Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to be baptized by John. He said to them, “You children of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the angry judgment that is coming soon?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then, seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees arriving for his baptism, he said to them: "Progeny of vipers, who warned to you to flee from the approaching wrath?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 3:7 Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put animosity between you and the woman— between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah stir them up.

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web— whoever eats their eggs dies; crack one open, a viper breaks out.

Jeremiah 51:6

Flee from within Babylon! Each one, escape with his soul! Be not silenced in her iniquity! For it is a time of vengeance for Adonai. He will repay her recompense.

Jeremiah 6:10

“To whom can I speak and warn so they would hear? See, their ears are uncircumcised, unable to hear! The word of Adonai has become scorn to them. They have no delight in it.

Matthew 12:24

But hearing this, the Pharisees said, “This fellow drives out demons only by beelzebul, the ruler of demons.”

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard this saying?”

Matthew 16:1

Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Yeshua, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 16:6

“Watch out,” Yeshua said to them, “and beware of the hametz of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap Him with a word.

Matthew 22:23

On that day, Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Yeshua and questioned Him, saying,

Matthew 22:34

But the Pharisees, when they heard that Yeshua had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together in one place.

Matthew 23:33

O snakes, you brood of vipers! How will you escape the condemnation of Gehenna?

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees and Torah scholars, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven!

Mark 12:13

Then they send some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Yeshua in order to trap Him with a word.

Mark 12:18

Then Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came and began questioning Yeshua, saying,

Mark 8:15

Yeshua was warning them, “Watch out! Beware of the hametz of the Pharisees and the hametz of Herod.”

Luke 16:14

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and sneering at Yeshua.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘O God, I thank You that I am not like other people—thieving, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and Torah lawyers, not having been immersed by John, declared God’s purpose invalid for themselves.

John 1:24

Now those sent were from the Pharisees.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks lies he is just being himself—for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard Him say this and asked, “We’re not blind too, are we?”

Acts 15:5

But some belonging to the party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Torah of Moses.”

Acts 20:31

Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning you with tears.

Acts 26:5

They have known about me for a long time—if they were willing to testify—that according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

Acts 5:17

But the kohen gadol rose up, and all those with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

Romans 1:18

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. In unrighteousness they suppress the truth,

Romans 5:9

How much more then, having now been set right by His blood, shall we be saved from God’s wrath through Him.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Yeshua, the One delivering us from the coming wrath.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when warned about events not yet seen, in holy fear prepared an ark for the safety of his household. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 6:18

So by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

1 John 3:10

It is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil by this—anyone who does not act righteously or love his brother is not of God.